Popular Post Designer1 Posted June 13, 2013 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2013 People who stand next to me at a pedestrian crossing, watch me press the button, wait for a few seconds and then decide to give the button a press themselves even though they can see the 'wait' light is lit. I mean why? Does your own hand contain some sort of mystical energy that causes the lights to change sooner? do you not trust your own eyes that I actually pressed the button? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 People who stand next to me at a pedestrian crossing, watch me press the button, wait for a few seconds and then decide to give the button a press themselves even though they can see the 'wait' light is lit. I mean why? Does your own hand contain some sort of mystical energy that causes the lights to change sooner? do you not trust your own eyes that I actually pressed the button? people do that in lifts as well ... I assumed everyone else in the world apart from me was in on the secret that if you pushed the floor button 20 times the lift went quicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2013 People who come up to a pedestrian crossing and automatically push the button, THEN look left and right and cross without waiting for the light. Then I come along and have to stop for an empty red. It is a fantasy of mine that I drive after them and run them over. Sadly I probably won't ever do that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2013 People who stand next to me at a pedestrian crossing, watch me press the button, wait for a few seconds and then decide to give the button a press themselves even though they can see the 'wait' light is lit. I mean why? Does your own hand contain some sort of mystical energy that causes the lights to change sooner? do you not trust your own eyes that I actually pressed the button? See much earlier in the thread, but the whole misconception that those buttons at traffic crossroads (as opposed to 'standalone' pelican crossings) do anything at all. I've walked up to them, and simply waited for the inevitable green man as the cars have to stop, and had people reach across me and press the button as if I'm an idiot for not doing so. There is no point in pressing it, it's just to make you think you have some control when you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 People who stand next to me at a pedestrian crossing, watch me press the button, wait for a few seconds and then decide to give the button a press themselves even though they can see the 'wait' light is lit. I mean why? Does your own hand contain some sort of mystical energy that causes the lights to change sooner? do you not trust your own eyes that I actually pressed the button? I find people who press the button repeatedly worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. Oh yes. I wasn't aware until someone mentioned it on here. I try to have a little touch when I think nobody's watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted June 13, 2013 Administrator Share Posted June 13, 2013 Drivers who think pedestrians can see their hand gestures through a windscreen which is just reflecting the sky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 pedestrians who presume the driver must have seen them, as they stand in the road with a low sun behind them, kamikaze style 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. The thing for blind people? I only learned about that a couple of years ago. It blew my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 old people who drive under the speed limit .....quite a lot under the speed limit words removed !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. I can't believe there are people who didn't know about it to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 13, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2013 I don't know about it, but then I'm not blind and am a seasoned jaywalker so I rarely use the lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. I can't believe there are people who didn't know about it to be honest. Really not sure if i'm falling for the largest well organised troll ever. Either way I'm definitely putting my hand under there tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. I can't believe there are people who didn't know about it to be honest. Really not sure if i'm falling for the largest well organised troll ever. Either way I'm definitely putting my hand under there tomorrow. you are not falling for anything at all friend, I've known about them for years and years, probably since I was about 10 or 11 the old myth when I first heard about them was that if you twisted them it made the lights change faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 (edited) There is secret button for blind people fitted beneath push-button units at pedestrian crossings in the UK. The button is actually a rotating tactile knob. When the green man is displayed on the traffic light, the knob starts turning, which is a signal to a visually impaired (blind) person that it is safe to cross the road. The blind person detects the movement of the knob with their hand and starts crossing the road. - See more at: http://todayilearned.co.uk/2011/07/25/secret-button-for-blind-people-on-pedestrian-crossings/#sthash.EzEEPphj.dpuf Edited June 13, 2013 by leemond2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Is it sad that i'm slightly excited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 There is secret button for blind people fitted beneath push-button units at pedestrian crossings in the UK. The button is actually a rotating tactile knob. When the green man is displayed on the traffic light, the knob starts turning, which is a signal to a visually impaired (blind) person that it is safe to cross the road. The blind person detects the movement of the knob with their hand and starts crossing the road. - See more at: http://todayilearned.co.uk/2011/07/25/secret-button-for-blind-people-on-pedestrian-crossings/#sthash.EzEEPphj.dpuf Don't spoil the surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Are you all aware of the secret vibrating button under the pedestrian control box? I thought it was a myth! But now I have to touch it every time. I can't believe there are people who didn't know about it to be honest. Really not sure if i'm falling for the largest well organised troll ever. Either way I'm definitely putting my hand under there tomorrow. you are not falling for anything at all friend, I've known about them for years and years, probably since I was about 10 or 11 the old myth when I first heard about them was that if you twisted them it made the lights change faster ha ha! that's exactly what my nipper told me! it's real, I have felt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 So I had an interview set up today, she cancelled using the email below, bear in mind we are located by RBS, HSBC and the Marriott. Although going by her spelling its a blessing. I also did give her directions, mentalist. Hi, Sorry, but I will have to cancell our meeting. I would fear for my life and comromise my personal hygine according to the scum and smears on the bannistars along the train station if I had to work in this area as a base. I am petite, blonde and apparently posh looking. A target. You didn't offer parking directions but would not leave my borrowed car from my sister near this area. Sorry to let you down but that is the where I am at. Thanks for the opportnity anyway. Regards, Ooh, we're very close Houlston, I'm looking at the Marriott from my window right now (...that's a lie, i was looking at my keyboard) Five Ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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